How to: Advanced Arpeggiators in Vital - Synthesis Sound Design Tutorial

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00:00 Demo
00:39 Tutorial
05:55 Effects
08:11 Variety
14:50 Control

[@koncreteto2758]

I find vital pretty intimidating, the way you clearly explain this and dont rush is really apriciated ❤ thanks for this video i just subscribed

[@ChordFreak]

Excellent !!! ... calm ... slow ... easy to understand ... and outrangeous results!

[@mmoore4456]

Eric, you've moved my life with Vital into the musical heavens.

[@gguitarwilly]

another superb tutorial by Eric Bowman! One remark: it's easier to hear what's happening with notes randomly being muted when the delay is turned off.

[@crystalauramusic7340]

Fantastic. I'm following along and learning so much.

[@EricBowman]

I forgot to mention why you might use a different synth to make an arp. Swing! If you want to modify the time feel, another synth like Pigments or Omnisphere would be easier. In Vital, you could modulate the phase of the LFO's but that's a little tedious and it would be difficult to adjust the swing amount. I added 3 versions with different levels of swing to the Patreon page but they're not using pseudo-random trigger probability (occasionally muting every 3rd note). There's just a 15/16 chance of each note triggering.

[@un.selenita]

It's ok i don't want to swing. Victory royale for vital ps i love your tutorial, i finally started understanding sound design and making my own sounds. Ty so much. Your're like my sensei fr

[@sourabhsoni7845]

Yooouuuuu arrrreeee a GEEENIUUUSSSSS wooww , how in the world can you know so much!!!! So insightful & so well explained so in-depth & very complex sound designing tutorial I doubt even the makers of vital would have thought that this synth would be used like this.

[@daveyp4804]

This was a very well made tutorial. You are a great teacher. I knew some of these concepts before hand, but there was a lot of good value in this video.

[@garygreer5365]

This is great. Thank you for explaining these concepts so clearly!

[@Pixelmoves2024]

Eric, I thank you a lot for your very professional tutorials. 🎉

[@carloschowell]

Been looking to advance my skills using Vital for arpeggiated sounds! thanks man!

[@ShamanJedi]

Yes!!! Thank you. So inspiring. Getting to work on my own sounds with this knowledge you have given us. ❤

[@karimayoubi74]

Excellent tutorial, subbed! Very well explained, lost me somewhat towards the end, but otherwise great pace and amazing content (and a good reason to watch again!) I had no idea Vital could do so much. Amazing.

[@Yeet-eq7ve]

Good stuff, gives nice vibes👍

[@birdsiview6845]

Nice work!

[@brailyndsummers]

Dude, the trick to change the shape of the LFO is SIIIIIIICCCCK.

[@MarkusAliasCmn]

very well explained. thanks a lot.

[@derekholland3328]

excellent tutorial.

[@gabyinmiami]

Love this!

[@_zetsubou_]

awesome!

[@templecreations2351]

Dude… i didnt know Vital could do that 😮 this is going to be supremely useful

[@Phoboss11478]

thanks Eric! In a month of watching your channel, I learned 10 times more about sound theory than watching others. Can you please show how to make a textural/ambient/ cinematic sound (something with distortion, buzzing), like in horror movies. If of course you find it necessary

[@hpnascimento95]

Great vídeo, as always! I've always love the sound of electric guitars played with the EBow and I'm trying to make a synth sound inspired on that. Any tips of how you would approach that? Thanks for the video, man!

[@samuelneunreuther175]

Wii menu ahhhhh sound. Love it

[@johannessens6018]

Magic!

[@SoundDesignPresetandTricks]

I so love all your Videos Eric one day i want to make so great videos too. Please make more videos

[@chocomalk]

I tried this method using Pigments instead of the actual arp, try it along with functions, combi and random in conjunction.

[@megatosmanmegatshamsuddin9833]

Hi…if it is not too much trouble, can you please make these sounds: Soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones

[@jimrogers7425]

Great video! In which of your Vital packs would I find this/these arps?

[@EricBowman]

Thanks! This one is on my Patreon

[@PeteGunnShow]

hi! two questions, at 16:55 i dont understand what the reason setting to saw down vs saw up works. this is probably due to a lack of understanding fully how the mod remap works on my part. and question 2, when you are setting the notes in the pitch at the start of the tutorial, does this make it so that the arp will always be in the key of the notes that you chose as long as the steps in LFO 1 are at least high enough to where you arent actually playing the note that you are pressing on the keyboard. hope that makes sense the way i asked it. edit- i understand the saw down vs up, im still not sure about the key tho.. also the difference between global snap and transpose snap... i been playing around with it today and im not positive what each does

[@DOOMEnjoyer420]

hey it would be awesome if you made Doom eternal Metal guitar its so sick

[@Flux_One]

Cool. I made some modular Techno

[@swhoisthis]

Great video! 🙂 How do you get around the fact that vital filters can only have a slope of 12 dB and 24 dB per octave? (While Serum has a 6 dB, 12 dB, 18 dB and 24 dB per octave) Is this something that bothers you when designing sound?

[@EricBowman]

Vital's spectral filters let you have infinite control over shape. If you don't want a key-tracking filter, adjusting the "blend" of the filters opens them up. For example, if you wanted a 6db filter, you could use a 12db filter and adjust the blend slightly. Of all the sounds I've designed or recreated in Vital, I've never felt like I'm missing out on 6 or 18db filters. In fact, I think Vital's filters are more flexible and useful than Serum's. The only thing I really miss from Serum is the different distortion curves

[@swhoisthis]

Thank you, I really appreciate that.@@EricBowman

[@brockhardentertainment]

Can you do a tutorial on how to make the high pitch lead from "Nucular" by Zomboy? There is also another sound kind of like it on the song "Bounce" by Run DMC.

[@EricBowman]

This part of my aggressive leads tutorial might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYqnYmaBls2aaLMsi=vPvd3ohE9kRf-WmN&t=266

[@brockhardentertainment]

@@EricBowman This helped, thanks.

[@reez2362]

Can you do Push up by Creeds? Would be very nice 👍🏻

[@jennifercraig9157]

Hi hope and pray all well My question is can you create a tutorial on how to create a smooth slow down motion effect that Hollywood sound designer use In all marvel movies

[@EricBowman]

If I’m thinking of the right thing, you probably mean a really low sine wave bending down in pitch. Easiest way is raising the “bend” amount from 2 to 12 or more and using the pitch bend wheel. You could also use an LFO in envelope mode assigned to modulate coarse pitch.

[@el-v9080]

hello Eric, i buy your preset pack and I need the new version of it how can I do that ?

[@EricBowman]

vital.audio/#getvital Choose the "early access" version when given the option

[@notaninstrument7707]

Sounds like a Nintendo device turning on

[@jakedaly2718]

use fl can add swing t anytihing quick and easy

[@tigershav]

[@intelligenceservices]

i know i'm going to hell for saying so, but it would be great if Vital had an arpeggiator built in :)

[@nitroanilinmusic]

If I'm being honest, I don't really like using "arp-from-note", rather than "arp-from-chord"; when you have a chord you can arpeggiate from, you have less harmonic restrictions compared to transposition. For this reason, I prefer using external arpeggiators when arpeggiation from a chord not an option.